Saddest Deaths in Video Games

[Forsaken Lover]

So some people elsewhere were talking about why they felt that Aeris' death was so memorable and effective. As we FF fans should know, she was most certainly not the first party member to die. One theory that was thrown around was tht it was the manner in which she died that touched so many people. Tellah, Josef, and I think that old codger from FFV all died in combat. They were warriors and they died more or less in combat situations.

Aeris? She got stabbed in the back.
While praying.

Granted she was praying for a magical means to stop the villain but it's still a very different situation from Tellah or Josef or anyone else who came before. I can see why it would make more people feel depressed.

And that is what inspired this topic.

The saddest death in any video game for me is Emma Emmerich in Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm sure there will be people coming in here talking about how they felt oh so terrible shooting The Boss but I never liked the old hag anyway. Plus she was a combat veteran of the highest order. Death is part of being a soldier.

Emma? She was just this dorky teenage girl who got caught up in a terrorist incident. She was murdered by a sadistic lunatic just a short while after finally being reunited with the person who meant most to her in the entire world. To top it all off and make it even worse, she died before Hal could fulfill her final request...
"Please call me...Emma."

And then Otacon's howl of purest anguish and despair just seal the deal on making the whole thing unbearable to watch. I dread her death when i replay MGS2 just as much as I dread escorting her around.

So...that's my choice. How about you all?

Oh and since we have been talking about Xeno so much of late, (SPOILER)Jin in Episode III always gets me teary-eyed.

[NeoCracker]

Main characters dialogue at the end of Mana Khemia (Before the final boss fights) is pretty damn depressing.

Rands mother dieing in BoF 2.

Either ending of Infamous 2.

[Night Fury]

Mass Effect relatedMordin and Legion in ME3

[Matthewtheman]

Zack at the ending of Crisis Core. And Bugenhagen in FFVII. And the ending of FFIX becomes a lot sadder when you realize it strongly implies that (SPOILER)Vivi dies.

[Shauna]

Mass Effect relatedMordin and Legion in ME3

Goddammit I had forgotten about this. How did I manage to forget? Ugh. SO MANY TEARS.

[Night Fury]

It's okay Shauna, we can cry a River together.

[Shauna]

;___;

Also Suikoden has some sads when it comes to deaths.

[NeoCracker]

Suikoden 2, General Kiba being asked to sacrifice himself.

[Bolivar]

From FF, FFX's ending and Rachel in FFVI really got to me.

In MGS4, the doctor euthanizing herself.

Not too many deaths have gotten through to me in games!

[Formalhaut]

I really hate deaths in video games. Honestly, it freaks me out. I don't like deaths in books, deaths in T.V or movies, or deaths in video games. If I like that character, I will not want them to die. I grow attached to them: I don't want them gone!

[krissy]

Valkyria Chronicles

if you don't know im not telling you

[Jessweeee♪]

Anybody who ever dies in Mass Effect omg the feels

[Del Murder]

Red Dead RedemptionJohn Marston. When the main character dies it's always sad. When the main character dies and you realize there's no other possible way this could have ended, and the fact that he realizes this too, makes it extra sad.

Crisis CoreZack Fair. You know it's coming, even up to the scene it happens. It's completely telegraphed, but that doesn't make it any less tragic. Especially since Zack is built up as a pretty damn likable character during the whole game. The way it's done is brilliant too. Best part of that game by far.

Illusion of GaiaHamlet.

[Quindiana Jones]

Completely agree with Del's Red Dead opinion.

Also, Lost Odyssey when Kaim's daughter dies just when he finally finds out she's alive.

[Pete for President]

From FF, FFX's ending
In MGS4, the doctor euthanizing herself.

Agreed on FFX. Never really cared for Naomi, her double crossing both parties several times never really got my sympathy.

I was sad to find out the writer of the truth in FFTactics gets the death penalty at the end. Forgot his name. There's many others in FFT, but this one really caught me by surprise.

Tatsumaru's death in Tenchu 2 got to me way back when.

PJ (your current wingman) getting killed by Pixy (your former wingman gone rogue) in Ace Combat Zero was pretty sad. Especially since the battle was essentially over.